Thermal Dissipation? Didnt work for me, at least.
So I’ve been in the triffid grove now… twice. First time: triffids themselves arent really the problem here; it’s the creeping vines totally blocking the narrow tunnels. I accidentally moved over quite a few and although they didnt do all that much damage to me, they destroyed my utility vests and - more importantly - my peacoat. At that time it was around -10C (14F) cold, so I started having frostbites really quickly (I know they arent enabled, but still…). Headed to my car, drove back home, almost crashed into a few trees some queens left on the road, burned the queens + trees. I then had to waste another night raiding the nearby town for new vests and a coat.
On the third day I made my way back into the triffid tunnels and this time, reached the heart level. Sadly, vines do not burn as well in a molotov as you might have thought. For some reason the fire doesnt spread from one vine to another, so it becomes really tedious to destroy all the vines until you can see their hub. As I reached a 1x1 chokepoint hallway with vines everywhere in it, I realized that I couldnt kill the vines faster than they’d regrow - Both melee and firearms didnt get me further. Only solution will be a) more explosives or b) a flamethrower so I can kill more than one vine at once. Either way, I’ll have to gather more supplies, since I do not have the crafting materials … never needed grenades or a flamethrower. I know of a bunker with tons of C4, dynamite and a few mininukes in it, which I didnt bother looting yet. Maybe I’lll swing by and grab some of it.
Still, compared to the fungus stuff the triffids are 100x more annoying - not necessarily harder or tougher, but ANNOYING. Those vines, little b… I wonder why a lot of roguelikes make you despise nature and those who try to strengthen it.
